Window-cleaner.



PATENTBD JUNE 11 1907.

C. G. MOGRAGKEN. WINDOW CLEANER. APPLIOATIQN FILED MAR 4. 1901.

h'ofrai-ory- CHARLES C. HGCRACKEN, OF MoCOMB, OHIO.

WINDOW-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed arc 4. 1907. Serial No. 360,347-

.fo aZl wit/m2 it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES C. MoCRAcK- EN, of McComb, county of Hancock, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and -useful Improvements in Window-Cleaners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in window cleaners, and it has for one of its objects to provide improved means for securing the swabbing element against accidental displacement.

A further object is to provide an improved construction whereby the assembling of the device is facilitated.

In carrying out the invention I employ the novel combination, arrangement and details of construction hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved win dow cleaner; Fig. 2 is a view to disclose the means for securing the felt material forming the swab, preliminary to its being placed in the body of the cleaner.

Referring to the details, 1 is a central filler or body of wood, cylindrical in shape, and provided with a transverse perforation 2 to receive the upper tapered end of a handle 3. The swab or moisture carrying element 51 consists of an elongated strip of felt or other absorbent material tacked to the body 1 along a central line, the tacks 5 being driven therethrol'gh into the body at short distances apart to firmly hold the sanze. The swab is shown tacked to the body 1, in Fig. 2, the broken outline a showing the material thereof doubled upon itself along the line of fastening for insertion between the jaws of the sheet-.znetal clamp surrounding the body. This sheet-metal clamp is constructed in two sections 6 and 7, each section having one margin or edge thereof bent directly outward from the body 1, as indicated at 8 and 9 respectively, to provide jaws to receive the swab between them the aws being connected by rivets or other fasteners indicated at 10. The section 7 extends more than half way around the cylindrical body 1 and has the margin opposite the margin 9 also bent directly outward from the body 1, as at 12, to enter between and connect with the doubled portion 13, of the section 6, a simple. and effective connection being thus provided between the sections 6 and 7. The portion 13 is further bent to provide a clamp 14 for the rubber Wiper 15, the upper or outer margin of the portion 13 serving as a firm back support for the wiper.

In assembling the window cleaner, the sheet-metal section 6 after being formed up, as shown, is provided with the rubber wiper. The material for the swab, is then tacked upon the body 1 along a central line, and after being doubled along the line of fastening is placed in the section 7 The section 6 is then placed in position to cause the doubled portion 13 to connect with the margin 12, after which the aws or upturned margins of the sections 6 and 7 are drawn together by the fasteners 10 which connnect them. The sections 6 and 7 are provided with perforations registering with the transverse perforation 2 in the body 1, the upper end of the handle extending through the perforations.

It is apparent that after the swab is secured in position as described, the same will not be readily loosened or disengaged while in use. The central body of wood not only serves to secure the swab, but also provides a firm support or connection with the handle.

The invention is simple in construction, convenient to assemble and capable of being manufactured at low cost.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a window cleaner, a central wooden body, a swab of absorbent material, a series of tacks driven through the material intothe body, the swab being doubled along the series of tacks, a sheet metal clamp inclosing the body and provided with marginal jaws to press the material of the swab between them, nteans for connecting the aws together, and a handle extending through the body and the clamp, substantially as de scribed.

2. In a window cleaner, a central cylindrical body, a swab fastened upon the body and doubled upon itself along the line of fastening, a sheet metal section 7 having opposite margins bent directly outward from the body, the one margin to serve as a jaw for the swab and the other to connect with the section 6, the said section 6 provided with an outwardly extending jaw and having a doubled portion 13 to receive the margin of the section 7, and a wiper along the portion 13 and supported thereby, substantially as described. m

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. MCCRACKEN. Witnesses:

CARL H. KELLER, M. A. TRAGEY. 

